 The custom to which Shakspeare refers was popularly expressed by the phrase, "to go a Maying:"— " Come, we'll abroad, and let's obey The proclamation made for May: And sin no more, as we have done, by staying; But, my Corinna, come, let's go a  Medii Ævi Kalendarium: Or, Dates, Charters, and Customs of the Middle Ages - Page 224de Robert Thomas Hampson - 1841Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1878 - 1116 pages
...those cooler shades of love. Can such delights be in the street And open fields, and we not see Ч ? o down he came . for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of a-Maying. There's not a budding boy or girl, this day, But is got up, and gone to bring in May. A deal... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 318 pages
...those cooler shades of love. Can such delights be in the street And open fields, and we not see't? Come! we'll abroad, and let's obey The proclamation...May; And sin no more, as we have done, by staying, Hut, my Corinna, come! let's go a-Maying. There's not a budding boy or girl, this day, But is got up,... | |
 | Philip Stubbs - 1879 - 794 pages
...delights be in the street, And open fields, and we not see't Î Come, we'll abroad ; and let's obay The proclamation made for May : And sin no more, as...have done, by staying ; But, my Corinna, come, let's goe a Maying. There's not a budding boy, or girle, this day, But is got up, and gone to bring in May.... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 536 pages
...those cooler shades of love. Can such delights be in the street, And open fields, and we not see't? Come, we'll abroad : and let's obey The proclamation...done, by staying; But, my Corinna, come, let's go a Maying. There's not a budding boy, or girl, this day, But is got up, and gone to bring in May. A deal... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 528 pages
...those cooler shades of love. Can such delights be in the street, And open fields, and we not see't ? Come, we'll abroad : and let's obey The proclamation...done, by staying; But, my Corinna, come, let's go a Maying. K 2 There's not a budding boy, or girl, this day, But is got up, and gone to bring in May.... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - 1881 - 604 pages
...those cooler shades of love. Can such delights be in the street And open fields, and we not see't? Come, we'll abroad, and let's obey The proclamation...done, by staying ; But, my Corinna, come, let's go a Maying." The venerable St. Andrew's Maypole was never time but between Shrovetide and Easter. The raised... | |
 | George Walter Thornbury - 1881 - 606 pages
...those cooler shades of love. Can such delights be in the street And open fields, and we not see't? Come, we'll abroad, and let's obey The proclamation...done, by staying ; But, my Corinna, come, let's go a Maying." The venerable St. Andrew's Maypole was never raised after that fatal " Evil May Day," in the... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...those cooler shades of love. Can such delights be in the street And open fields, and we not see 't ? Come ! we'll abroad, and let's obey The proclamation...done, by staying, But, my Corinna, come! let's go a-Maying. There's not a budding boy or girl, this day, But is got up, and gone to bring in May. A deal... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 744 pages
...shades of love. Can such delights be in the street And open fields, and we not see't 1 Come, we '11 abroad ; and let's obey The proclamation made for...done, by staying; But, my Corinna, come, let's go a-Maying! 4 There's not a budding boy or girl this day But is got up, and gone to bring in May: A deal... | |
 | Mowbray Walter Morris - 1882 - 424 pages
...those cooler shades of love. Can such delights be in the street, And open fields, and we not see'tP Come, we'll abroad: and let's obey The proclamation...done, by staying ; But, my Corinna, come, let's go a Maying. There's not a budding boy, or girl, this day, But is got up, and gone to bring in May. A deal... | |
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